Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator November 21, 2011 ReCAP Columbia University
Review of ReCAP operations ◦ Physical plant and new modules Data ◦ Basic analysis: accession, requests and circulation ◦ Language ◦ High-use titles ◦ EDD ◦ System-wide trends Feedback! ReCAP Columbia University
8.9 million books CUL 3.9, NYPL 3.1, PUL 1.9 5 Modules complete 2 planned for construction: Modules 8 & 9 expected to break ground FY14, completed FY15 CUL manages transfers with quotasquotas Tours conducted once or twice every year ReCAP Columbia University
What is Area Studies? ◦ Oops, I didn’t exactly know (it’s not “Lehman”) Language/subject based selection Focus on two CLIO locations: ◦ “Area Studies Collection” = off,glx and off,leh Pamela helped focus topic: language, high- use titles and request rate New challenge: language codes ReCAP Columbia University
Four basic categories of data ◦ Accessions ◦ Requests ◦ Delivery ◦ Circulation Detailed information can be found at the ReCAP Data Center website ReCAP Data Center website Website now includes introductory presentations for all basic categories AND analysis ReCAP Columbia University
Chart of accessions by fiscal year Transfer began as soon as ReCAP opened Load-in period during first few years Transfers from Lehman Library are project- focused ReCAP Columbia University
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TOTAL : 1,482,420 / 181,195 (Request Rate 1.90%) off,glx : 1,267,596 / 155,674 (1.81%) off,leh : 214,824 / 25,521 (2.74%) ReCAP Columbia University “Libraries” consist of multiple CLIO locations (collections)
ReCAP Columbia University Request typically begins immediately after transfer Volume has leveled off system-wide in past three years May be explained by charge/renewal trend Monthly request volume in phase with academic calendar 50% more requests in Fall and Spring than Summer system-wide Data for small and low-use collections is noisy
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A high-use title is any title that has been requested 5 or more times since accession Includes both physical delivery and EDD Desire by staff to study high-use titles Initial purpose of ReCAP was to shelve low- use collections Due to space need, selector decision and patron trends, some titles may be considered higher- or high-use Excludes: eng, fre, ger and ita ReCAP Columbia Univeristy
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the dominant language of requested collections is English Percentage of total requests is followed by retrieval rate in parentheses ◦ English : 78.1% (3.64%) ◦ Spanish : 7.6% (1.71%) ◦ French : 3.8% (2.13%) ◦ Everything Else : 2.5% (0.57%) ◦ Russian : 2.3% (0.51%) ◦ German : 1.8% (0.79%) ◦ Arabic : 1.3% (1.29%) ◦ Italian : 1.0% (2.035) ◦ Portugese : 0.9% (0.90%) ◦ Persian : 0.8% (8.33%) ReCAP Columbia University
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For several years there has been a steady decline for EDD requests Likely due to e-access to current titles and purchase of backfiles Individual patrons can have large effect on data (e.g. early 2009) Pagination now required (August 2009) Patrons must have active borrowing privileges to request EDD (August 2011) ReCAP Columbia University
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More information about data sets can be found on the ReCAP Data Center websiteReCAP Data Center website Primary data categories include: accession, retrieval, delivery and circulation Tailored data sets and analysis will be provided to staff via the ReCAP Coordinator Please see the main ReCAP website for general information about CUL procedures and systemsReCAP website ReCAP Columbia Univeristy